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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West’s retreat from reason.‘The Death of Truth is destined to become the defining treatise of our age’ David Grann‘The first great book of the Trump administration … essential reading’ Rolling StoneWe live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the US President. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases.How did truth become an endangered species? This decline began decades ago, and in The Death of Truth, former New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani takes a penetrating look at the cultural forces that contributed to this gathering storm. In social media and literature, television, academia, and political campaigns, Kakutani identifies the trends – originating on both the right and the left – that have combined to elevate subjectivity over factuality, science, and common values. And she returns us to the words of the great critics of authoritarianism, writers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt, whose work is newly and eerily relevant.With remarkable erudition and insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and presents a path forward for our truth-challenged times.


The Masque of the Red Death The Masque of the Red Death

Автор: Эдгар Аллан По

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In "The Masque of the Red Death" Edgar Allan Poe writes as no one else ever has of creeping, mounting terrors – of the deadly approach of a terrible pendulum, of the awful end of an ancient and noble house, and of the impossible beating of a dead heart.


Memoirs of the house of Brandenburg from the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederic I. king of Prussia Memoirs of the house of Brandenburg from the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederic I. king of Prussia

Автор: Friedrich II

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Memoirs of the house of Brandenburg from the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederic I. king of Prussia : to which are added four dissertations 1. On manners, customs, industry, and the progress of the human understanding in the arts and sciences ; 2. On superstitions and religion ; 3. On the ancient and modern government of Brandenburg ; 4. On the reasons for the enacting and repealing of laws / by the present king of Prussia (Friedrich II)».


The power of religion on the mind in retirement, affliction and at the approach of death The power of religion on the mind in retirement, affliction and at the approach of death

Автор: Lindley Murray

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Полный вариант заголовка: «The power of religion on the mind in retirement, affliction and at the approach of death : exemplified in the testimonies and experience of persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue / by Lindley Murray».


The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second. Vol. 2 The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second. Vol. 2

Автор: Tobias George Smollett

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Примечание: История Англии от революции 1688 года до смерти Георга II Полный вариант заголовка: «The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second : Designed as a continuation of mr. Hume's History : In 4 vol. Vol. 2».


The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second. Vol. 3 The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second. Vol. 3

Автор: Tobias George Smollett

Год издания: 

Примечание: История Англии от революции 1688 года до смерти Георга II Полный вариант заголовка: «The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second : Designed as a continuation of mr. Hume's History : In 4 vol. Vol. 3».